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- Wimbledon vows no more pigeon deaths - group
- LONDON AFP — An animal rights group said on Wednesday it had gained assurances from Wimbledon organisers that they will stop using marksmen to shoot down pigeons. "We confirmed with a Wimbledon spokesperson that they will not be killing any more pigeons," said a statement from British-based People for...
- Research articles 2008-06-25
- Faye Wong Asia's sexiest vegetarian: poll
- HONG KONG AFP — Chinese singer and actress Faye Wong was Wednesday named Asia's sexiest vegetarian woman in a poll run by animal rights group PETA. Wong, often called the "heavenly queen" or the "diva of Asia", beat last year's winner Maggie Q, star of "Mission: Impossible II", in...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- Australians launch campaign against wool cruelty bans
- SYDNEY AFP — Australian fashion and farming figures Tuesday hit back at animal rights activists' claims that wool production was cruel to sheep, saying bans on wool exports were misguided and hurting farmers. The US-based group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA has campaigned for years against...
- Research articles 2008-06-10
- Posthumous drug test ordered for Derby runner-up
- LOUISVILLE, Kentucky AFP — Eight Belles, the Kentucky Derby runner-up who was euthanized on the track Saturday after breaking both front ankles, will have steroid testing during a necropsy by order of her trainer. Trainer Larry Jones ordered the doping tests be administered as part of the final testing...
- Research articles 2008-05-06
- Animal activists offer million dollars for test-tube meat
- WASHINGTON AFP — Steaks out of a test-tube? The animal rights group PETA is putting up a million dollar reward for anyone who by 2012 can grow in-vitro meat that looks and tastes like the real thing. "In-vitro meat production would use animal stem cells that would be placed...
- Research articles 2008-04-21
- Japan's baseball stadiums urged to drop octopus, save planet
- TOKYO AFP — Animal rights activists on Tuesday urged Japanese baseball stadiums to give up their usual fare of hot dogs and fried octopus balls and go vegetarian to fight global warming. Japan's baseball commissioners announced as the season opened last week that the national pastime would take action...
- Research articles 2008-03-24
- Police arrest animal rights activists at Indian bullfight
- NEW DELHI AFP — Police arrested three animal rights campaigners for protesting bullfighting in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Press Trust of India reported Friday. Ingrid Newkirk, president of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA, an international animal welfare group, was taken into...
- Research articles 2008-01-18
- PETA seeks charge against a pig farm
- NORFOLK, Va. -- An animal-rights group said Tuesday its undercover investigation has documented animal cruelty at a pig- breeding farm that supplies Smithfield Foods Inc., the nation's largest hog producer and pork processor. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked local authorities to file charges against...
- Research articles 2007-12-13
- Activists urge Miss Universe to shun fur
- TOKYO AFP — Animal rights activists launched a campaign Thursday to pressure Miss Universe, Japan's Riyo Mori, to stop wearing fur, accusing her of promoting cruelty. Mori, 20, a ballerina by training, wore a full-length fur coat at the pageant in Mexico City where she was crowned this year,...
- Research articles 2007-10-11
- Outrage to dogfighting charges knocked out site: Humane Society's site down for several hours.
- A recent online campaign by the Humane Society of the U.S. HSUS could almost be considered too successful. In the days following Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick's federal indictment on dogfighting charges, more than 275,000 emails were sent to the National Football League NFL commissioner's office...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Perceptions on animal cruelty weirdly twisted
- The Michael Vick dogfighting scandal is morphing into a broader NFL dogfighting scandal, as other NFL players also appear to be involved in this very weird pastime. But as animal-rights groups get more aggressive in their accusations and demands, the whole scene is getting stranger and stranger. And...
- Research articles 2007-08-27
- Ad Campaign Targets PETA for Killing Over 14,000 More Animals than Michael Vick
- To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Sarah Longwell of Center for Consumer Freedom, +1-202- 463-7112 WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom CCF ran a full-page ad in The New York Times highlighting the hypocrisy of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA. PETA's campaign against NFL...
- Research articles 2007-08-27
- Animal rights group pleads to spare pigs
- SINGAPORE AFP — Celebrate the Year of the Pig, but please don't eat Porky. That was the message Tuesday from a leading animal rights group, which praised the pig and urged Lunar New Year celebrants not to eat the beasts. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA...
- Research articles 2007-02-13
- Tyson tells shareholders efforts are 'paying off'
- Looking ahead, not backward, was the general message expressed by Tyson Foods Inc. Chairman John Tyson and CEO Richard L. Bond during the 44th annual shareholders meeting at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center in Springdale. Tyson and Bond thanked the stockholders for their support during the trying times of...
- Research articles 2007-02-12
- Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad: The Anti-human Values of "Animal Rights"
- If you are reading these words, you are a human being. That used to matter morally. Indeed, it was once deemed a self-evident truth that being a Homo sapien created intrinsic moral value based simply and merely on being human-a principle sometimes called "human exceptionalism." No more. Human exceptionalism is...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Pop star Pink sees red over sheep "cruelty"
- SYDNEY AFP — US pop star Pink has joined a campaign to boycott Australian wool over allegations farmers Down Under are cruel to sheep. In a gory video on the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA website that features sheep having their throats sliced, the singer describes Australian...
- Research articles 2006-12-20
- Pamela Anderson blasts KFC over chicken "abuses"
- JAKARTA AFP — Former Playboy model Pamela Anderson has chided American fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken KFC in Indonesia for its cruel treatment of chickens, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA said. Anderson has sent a letter to Dick Gelael, president of KFCs Indonesia operations, to demand...
- Research articles 2006-05-24
- Giant 'sheep' seeks ban on livestock exports to Egypt
- CAIRO AFP — A dyed-in-the-wool animal rights activist donning a sheep costume delivered flowers to the Australian embassy in Cairo to request a permanent ban on livestock exports to Egypt. Jason Baker, the Asia Pacific director of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA, thanked Australia for suspending...
- Research articles 2006-05-14
- Pesticide Data Compensation Changes in California Spark Confusion and Controversy
- LAKE RIDGE, Va. -- California legislation which eliminated the letters of authorization previously required for a me-too registrant to obtain a state registration based on another company's data is raising questions. The bill, which passed the Assembly and Senate by overwhelming margins, was signed by Gov. Schwarzenegger on Oct....
- Research articles 2006-05-09
- Fight for sheep rights comes to Middle East
- DUBAI AFP — Radical animal rights group PETA launched for the first time a Middle East campaign to highlight alleged abuses in the region's slaughterhouses and to elicit public support for a ban on livestock imports. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals PETA, best known for its aggressive...
- Research articles 2006-05-08
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